WFDT 1/19/21

Picked up some smoked barbacoa from Feges bbq, made some pretty righteous barbacoa tacos.

Crisped cauliflower rice, seared tuna, and habanero mayo drizzled on top

Paneed backstrap with Mac n cheese.

Buffalo chicken cutlet and some cauliflower/romanesco

2.5 lbs(wife craving). It's hard to enjoy something that used to be dirt cheap now selling at $7.50/lb.

Friend,

I was thinking about Meridian Dog last night, hoping and praying he is well, and hoping to soon read his recipes and see his pictures. I thought about how he might want some Oysters Mosca tonight, so I tried to make an order. Oysters Mosca is one recipe I have never mastered. It seems so simple: oysters, bread crumbs, Parm and some spices. But no recipe I have ever tried is close to the original at the restaurant.

Here was another failed attempt:

I started with 24 oz of drained fresh oysters from one of the Bucktown markets that Mother purchased yesterday. I added it to 2 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp of olive oil, 4 cloves of minced garlic and some shakes of Great Value Italian dry spices.



I cooked on medium for a couple of minutes before adding 1/2 cup of Italian bread crumbs and 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper. I gingerly mixed it in while adding an ounce or two of the oyster juice I had left from the container.



Then I added 1/2 cup of freshly shaved Parm and a quarter of a blood orange because I could not find any lemon juice.



Once mixed, it entered the oven at 400 for 20 minutes.



And for the famed Meridian Dog fork view:



It was average tasting. It did not reach the heights of the original and I am growing weary that I ever will be able to recreate that dish.

Yours,
TulaneLSU

Pan seared salmon with capers, cherry tomatoes, garlic and parsley.

Fresh green onion sausage spaghetti

Leftover shrimp fried rice.

I'm sorry to hear that, MD. We miss you and will be here when you get back. Take care of yourself, and we are all thinking of you and your loved ones.